Which came first: the moon or the earth?

[AV1611VET]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the earth came first.

 

[Murby]

The moon was created when another smaller (dwarf) planet smashed into earth during the formation of our solar system.

We have evidence for the basic hypothesis but not enough to quantify some of the specifics. Check youtube for some really cool video's showing how and why.

 

[jacks]

I say "earth" unless I'm interpreting Genesis 1:16 wrong.

 

[PsychoSarah]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the moon came first.

Why would you say that?

 

[Astrophile]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the moon came first.

Obviously if the 'giant impact' hypothesis is correct the Earth must have come first. To suggest that the Moon came first would be like saying that a woman was younger than her child.

In more detail, the age of the Earth, derived from radiometric dating, is 4540±20 Myr (https://en/wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_the_Earth).
As for the age of the Moon, there appears to be a contradiction between different sets of radiometric measurements; some measurements yield an age of 4530±20 Myr, whereas others yield 4470±30 Myr.

However, an interesting paper by S.A. Jacobson et al., 2014, 'Highly siderophile elements in Earth's mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact'; Nature, 508, 84-87, http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v508/n7494/full/nature13172.html gives a date for the formation of the Moon of 95±32 Myr after the condensation of the first solids in the solar system, i.e. 4470±30 Myr BP. If this is correct, it makes the Moon about 70±30 Myr younger than the Earth.

 

[AV1611VET]

Why would you say that?

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Followed by ...

Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

... three days later.

 

[joshua 1 9]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the moon came first.

They should be the same age as they were formed at the same time. If there is a difference in age it would be based on the size. Smaller tends to last longer and bigger tends to burn up quicker. The earth started out as a very hot gas, became a liquid as it cooled and then eventually a solid.

 

[AV1611VET]

They should be the same age as they were formed at the same time.

Which came first, in your opinion?

 

[Murby]

They should be the same age as they were formed at the same time. If there is a difference in age it would be based on the size. Smaller tends to last longer and bigger tends to burn up quicker. The earth started out as a very hot gas, became a liquid as it cooled and then eventually a solid.

Oh boy. Joshua, you just got beat up in the other thread because of these wildly incorrect statements. Please, please do some research before making statements like this. you're not even close...

 

[PsychoSarah]

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Followed by ...

Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

... three days later.

But, that means Earth comes first, not the moon. Did you word your post incorrectly by mistake?

 

[PsychoSarah]

They should be the same age as they were formed at the same time. If there is a difference in age it would be based on the size. Smaller tends to last longer and bigger tends to burn up quicker. The earth started out as a very hot gas, became a liquid as it cooled and then eventually a solid.

I want to know what source you have for any of this... so I can burn it.

 

[Papias]

I want to know what source you have for any of this... so I can burn it.

the "smaller/bigger .... faster burning...." sounds like he's talking about stars. You know, those little lights attached to the firmament, which were made as an afterthought after making the moon in Gen 1:16.

Papias

 

[grasping the after wind]

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Followed by ...

Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

... three days later.

So are you engaged in going about proving that your opinion was mistaken? The above passages taken literally would seem to prove the heaven and earth were created three days earlier than the sun and the moon and possibly the stars as well though that seems somewhat unclear as the stars are mentioned in such a way as to not be quite sure as how to pin down the exact time frame. Now, unless you are using some meaning of the word "came" that does not equate with beginning or having been created you seem to be contradicting your proposition that the moon came first.

 

[AV1611VET]

So are you engaged in going about proving that your opinion was mistaken? The above passages taken literally would seem to prove the heaven and earth were created three days earlier than the sun and the moon and possibly the stars as well though that seems somewhat unclear as the stars are mentioned in such a way as to not be quite sure as how to pin down the exact time frame. Now, unless you are using some meaning of the word "came" that does not equate with beginning or having been created you seem to be contradicting your proposition that the moon came first.

Oh, dear!

A mistake on my part!

The earth came first, not the moon.

LOL -- a thousand pardons!

OP corrected.

 

[AV1611VET]

But, that means Earth comes first, not the moon. Did you word your post incorrectly by mistake?

Yes, I did.

Sorry about that!

 

[grasping the after wind]

Oh, dear!

A mistake on my part!

The earth came first, not the moon.

LOL -- a thousand pardons!

OP corrected.

The wise know how and when to repent.

 

[TLK Valentine]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the earth came first.

Hard to say for certain... I personally lean towards the "giant impactor" theory, which would mean that the Earth did indeed come first.

 

[timewerx]

Which came first, the moon or the earth?

I say the earth came first.

The moon is probably older with no fresh lava in it. When the Apollo jocks crashed their ships in the moon, the lunar seismometers stated "the moon rung like bell" as if the interior is hollow.

 

[AV1611VET]

The moon is probably older with no fresh lava in it. When the Apollo jocks crashed their ships in the moon, the lunar seismometers stated "the moon rung like bell" as if the interior is hollow.

 

[florida2]

The moon is probably older with no fresh lava in it. When the Apollo jocks crashed their ships in the moon, the lunar seismometers stated "the moon rung like bell" as if the interior is hollow.

Would love to have a citation for that. The moon isn't hollow or anything like hollow as far as I can see